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Autism and birth control pills: what is the connection?

Every parent of an autistic child would give anything to understand the causes of autism
spectrum disorder. It's widely accepted that there is a yet unverified
contributing factor, with an unnamed environmental trigger often cited.

If we as a society struggling with enormous issues and expenditures surrounding autism
noticed a parallel dramatic increase of a certain drug with the
dramatic rise in autism, wouldn't it be reasonable to expect that link
to be researched from every possible angle?

Birth control came around the same time that autism was diagnosed at
around 1 in 10,000 and now, with widespread birth control use, the
number of autism cases has skyrocketed.

In many parts of the world, including the U.S., U.K., Canada, Japan
and Scandinavia, the rates were flat through the late '80s, and then
suddenly a massive increase took place simultaneously. Certainly it
raises questions. The same countries who legalized and experienced a
rapid increase in the use of birth control pills
saw a rise in autism. This did not happen in countries like Italy,
Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, and Oman, who never legalized or
adopted birth control pills on such a massive scale.

where the pill is more common, autism rates have skyrocketed

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It would be expected that countries like Spain, Italy, Portugal,
France, Germany, and Oman would have such low autism rates (two orders
of magnitude lower than the U.S.) because their religions prohibit them
from taking any birth control measures, including abortion, the pill,
and the morning after pill. The fact that the autism rates in Mexico,
China, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Venezuela is an order of
magnitude higher than these West European nations, and an order of
magnitude lower than ours, can be explained by their legalization of
birth control, but an implementation at a much lower rate than us.

The U.S. states with the highest percentage of Catholics, and thus
the lowest rates of contraception, have the lowest rates of autism,
whereas those with the lowest percentage of Catholics (and thus the
highest rates of contraception) are also the states with the highest
rates of autism, with 1 in 718 children in Vermont vs. 1 in 67 children
in Minnesota (a difference of more than one order of magnitude, larger
than the differences across most countries). That alone is an
astounding fact.

The birth control pill seems to be recommended these days for
everything from irregular periods to mood swings to acne. Scientific
research has shown a connection with birth control pill usage and breast
cancer. (In 2005, the World Health Organization classified oral contraceptives as a Group I carcinogen—the most dangerous classification known. Also, a comprehensive meta-analysis* published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedingsin
October, 2006 found that 21 out of 23 retrospective studies done since
1980 showed that women who took oral contraceptive prior to the birth
of their first child sustained a 44% average increased risk of
developing pre-menopausal breast cancer.] This risk rose to 52% for
women who took the pill for at least four years prior to the birth of
their first child.) This information still isn't widely known, as
pharmaceutical companies rake in millions from birth control pills.
Isn't the possibility of this contraceptive being a factor in autism at
least worth looking into?

Disclaimer.This is a theory and involves a culmination of extensive research,
consultations, personal experience and logic. I urge everyone to do their own
homework so that another Dr. Wakefield incident is not replicated.

Globally,
autism is on the rise and has been since the 1960′s. Granted, the newest
screening techniques and awareness have made it look more like a jump than the
reality of a steady surge.

Autism
has no borders and we must focus our attention on all of the similarities that
exist globally.

Possible
causes that affect the global rates may include carbon pollutants, factories
billowing heavy metals into the air and water, auto emissions, Chernobyl-type
incidents and other environmental factors.All of these may play a role, to an
extent.

Heavy
metals laden in the human body do indeed cause genetic mutations. Heavy metals
in the brain wreak havoc. The auto-immune system reacts by attacking the
brain. This could all cause neurological interruptions, indeed.

I’m
not arguing that these don’t play a part, but since we are not all affected,
there must be another factor.

I’m
a woman with high levels of testosterone. I produced two spectrum-disordered
boys. My youngest daughter is earmarked for bi-polar syndrome and my oldest
daughter’s son is showing signs of toddler bi-polar. All three of these boys
have the same birth date and all three were above average, extremely cognitive
and healthy babies.

Now
that the vaccine myths have at last been dispelled, the correct answer can be
linked to hormones, birth control and chemically-produced hormones. This is not
a conspiracy and cannot be undone.

Over
twenty years ago, we realized that although our recycled water could be
made bacteria-free by processes that would make our water safe, our
filtration systems were not and are not enough to remove hormones and other
numerous chemical substances.

The
recent media-assisted push to stop flushing old medications down toilets
and start
depositing them in drug boxes such as mailboxes outside of courthouses and
other government buildings is no coincidence. Certain drugs and drug compounds
remain in our water supplies and we are in turn replenishing them back into our bodies
over and over again.

The
incidence of infertility has also been on the rise during the same time as
autism. It has been proven that over time, men and women (especially
child-bearing women) that have higher levels of hormones will have issues.

If a
woman gets pregnant while on birth control, is that not harmful to the fetus?

Are
we getting the big picture?

There
is no way around it — we are genetically mutated and the cause is
overwhelmingly linked to HORMONES.

We
acquire hormones through our poultry, beef and even our water supply, which is
the basic lifeline to everything we put into our bodies. As a result, we are
seeing the devastating consequences.

At
least four chromosomal disorders have been linked to autism. Males with autism
have higher levels of hormones than typical males. Higher levels of hormones
exist in the wombs of mothers bearing autistic developing fetuses than those
carrying typically developing fetuses. All of these facts are researched, proven
and known but unfortunately, the vaccine myth has turned society’s attention
away from them.

The
“modern world” began sending shipments of birth control and hormone-related
drugs to numerous third world and underprovided nations some fifty years
ago. In well-intended efforts in trying to control population numbers, we were
imposing our modern medicine on the rest of the world and it worked, to some
extent.

Women
began taking birth control in unprecedented numbers. Through women’s
urine, these hormones went into our water systems. Incapable of filtering these
massive amounts of hormones, the recycled water re-entered our atmosphere,
environment, homes and bodies. The fact that hormones have a long half-life
(the time it takes a drug to completely leave the body) does not help matters
either.

It
is also been proven that spectrum disordered males tend to have effeminate
characteristics versus typical males and disordered girls carry higher levels of
testosterone. These results continue to point toward hormonal imbalances as
being the culprit. Additionally, the uneven balance of males with autism vs.
females with autism (four times as prevalent) also points to a hormonal link.

It
was in fact, the drug companies who were responsible, but it’s not something
that we can undo. We now have to turn our research facilities into therapy-based
facilities for the generations here and the many more to follow. The genetics of
the planet are mutated and there’s no stopping the spectrum disordered
pandemic.

All
the while, the answer was right in front of our noses.It was developed for the agricultural world, it has been in our purses,
under our pillows, in our drawers and handed out like candy around the globe.

We
spent far too much attention vilifying life-saving vaccines rather than looking
in our own homes. This was self-induced and we are still doing it today.

Will
the drug companies stop making hormones? Will the agricultural markets give them
up? Will filtration systems around the world ever be capable of ridding our
water systems of chemicals that are genetically changing the human race? I
certainly hope so.

This
IS the answer that has eluded us.

Let’s stop
diverting attention away from the real issues and start encouraging drug
companies, scientists, engineers and governments to do what they can to
effectively remove or reduce hormones.

Do
your part and only buy poultry or meat that is hormone-free. Let’s lessen the
damage. Let us not get side tracked again and lose sight of the real need. The
affected kids are already here. The adults are here. The age of man-made
hormones, particularly in birth control, has brought on the age of autism.

And
in the process of trying to control the population, we have genetically
rearranged it forever.

Mayhaps it's not the birth control (or any other drug) but a symptom of the older-and-older primagravita...

That is: the older your eggs are, the more problems there are likely to be, with fertility, and potentially even the health of the child... Never before have so many women put off having children into their 30s.

Mayhaps it's not the birth control (or any other drug) but a symptom of the older-and-older primagravita...

That is: the older your eggs are, the more problems there are likely to be, with fertility, and potentially even the health of the child... Never before have so many women put off having children into their 30s.

There's been some research and stats related to maternal age. Now I'm gonna have to locate it. I'm lazy today.

Link Between Advanced Maternal Age and Autism Confirmed

I was on birth control pills off and on for 16 years and neither one of my kids have autism. I think the connection between hormones and autism is a definite possibility though. With all of the hormones in the food now, and the rise in autism cases as well as other issues, there has to be a link somewhere.

Mayhaps it's not the birth control (or any other drug) but a symptom of the older-and-older primagravita...

That is: the older your eggs are, the more problems there are likely to be, with fertility, and potentially even the health of the child... Never before have so many women put off having children into their 30s.

My grandmother's generation had children well into their 40s(when they had kids until they could not have them anymore) and their kids were fine. SO, "older" mothers is not something that is new. My family all had children in their 30s and our kids are fine. Having kids in your 30s is not risky. MANY younger women have autisic children.

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